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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 09:15 AM
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What internals is everyone running in there cars? And what am I looking to spend on a good kit? Is it better to stay stock displacement and go forged or is it better to get a stroker kit. I plan on staying N/A. I want a mild cam to stay pretty streetable. I just want to get an idea for figuring out what the parts are going to run me and what everyone has found to be a good value and performance.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 09:21 AM
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If it was me and i wanted to stayn/a i would definitly build something with some cubic inches. I and putting an eagle kit in my motor-4340 steel crank, 4340 esp h-beam rods, je pistons with file fit rings. Their kit are pretty high around 2000-2500 but the are good insurance. they have kits from 347 ci to 393ci for alum. blocks and 398-418 for iron block. It all depends how hard you drive.
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Old Jul 21, 2005 | 11:10 AM
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Well I just don't have alot of money to dump into the motor, like more then 5 or 6 grand. I just want to make 450-500hp reliable and all the time. I have 80k on my motor now so I think a cam and heads would be low on reliablity with a bottom end with 80k.
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Well you can go with stock crank it will hold up to a decent amount of power.
And the rods are alright but i would recommend rods and pistons And a good valvetrain and you should be fine just get some compression i think like 11 to 1 or 11.5 to 1
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